Privacy Policy

Effective August 26, 2026

Smoking in Tokyo is a free tool for finding designated smoking areas in Tokyo. This page explains what data the site touches, and what it doesn't.

Location data

If you allow it, your browser's Geolocation API is used to center the map on your position and show a "you are here" marker. Your coordinates are only used locally in your browser to render the map — they are never sent to or stored on our servers.

Place feedback

Using the thumbs up/down buttons on a place submits a vote (and, for thumbs down, a reason) to our database. This is stored anonymously — no name, account, or device identifier is attached to it, and it can't be traced back to you.

Local storage on your device

Your browser's local storage remembers a few things so the app behaves sensibly on return visits: which places you've already voted on, how many times you've visited, and whether you've dismissed or acted on the donation prompt. None of this leaves your browser or is sent to us.

Third-party services

• Google Maps Platform — renders the interactive map and directions links, subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
• Adsterra — serves the ad shown at the bottom of the app, and may use cookies for ad delivery, subject to Adsterra's Privacy Policy.
• PayPal — processes donations if you choose to give one; we never see your payment details, subject to PayPal's Privacy Policy.
• Cloudflare — hosts this site and, like any web host, processes standard connection logs (e.g. IP address) for security and performance.

Cookies

We don't set our own tracking or advertising cookies. The third-party services above may set their own, governed by their respective privacy policies linked above.

Children's privacy

This site isn't directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 13.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated occasionally; the effective date above will reflect the latest revision.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email contact@smokeintokyo.com.